john duncan, tristan and isolde / hannibal, secondo, 3.03 / tarkio, tristan and iseult / hannibal, mizumono, 2.13 / tristan rossignol / frank macoy harshberger, ‘tristan and iseult’, 1927 / hannibal, dolce, 3.06 / marie de france, chevrefoil / hannibal, the wrath of the lamb, 3.13
“Hannibal moves and feels like a Caravaggio painting, or Dalí — steeped in surrealism and painted with big brushstrokes of chiaroscuro. “The lighting is so dark and soft, you don’t even know that it’s lit,” said Natali. “We do a lot of single-point perspective, which is very much in keeping with Renaissance painting.” Natali’s inspirations include Caravaggio as well other Italian Renaissance paintings; Italian horror cinema, like Dario Argento’s Opera; Hélène Cattet; Bruno Forzani’s This Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears; Patricia Highsmith; and a “pinch of Alfred Hitchcock.” He recalled Fuller telling him, “You are making a European art film. Period.”
okay ive got to talk about kō no mono, the episode where freddie lounds’ supposed body is desecrated and posed like “shiva.” im hindu and generally pretty chill about my religion, but this set me off so badly, and i’m angry that i havent seen anyone on tumblr talking about it
there are a handful of things wrong with the hindu motif of this episode. first of all, to use desecrated body parts to form a representation of a god? what the fuck! how can this not be seen as insensitive? idols in the form of pictures, statutes, and other iconography is essential to hindu worship. we set these idols up at an altar to show that that god is there with us, in the home. they’re an honoured guest. statue idols are cleaned and dressed and pampered, and showered with gifts. the idol is the central part of a hindu home or temple. to create an idol, mockingly, out of exhumed body parts is practically the biggest disrespect you could show to the hindu religion
if that wasn’t telling enough, it’s clear that the writers did little to no research on the subject of shiva. lets start with representation (which, as i’ve said before, is extremely important to hindus)
this depiction and the desecrated body are depicted with three arms on each side. what this says to a hindu is, “ah yes, they see multiple arms and think that’s all there is to it.” shiva and most other hindu gods are almost always depicted with either two arms on each side or one on each side. in fact, it’s more common to see shiva with just two arms than with four. i dont think i have EVER seen a depiction of shiva–or any other god–with six arms. i’m sure they exist, but the point is that it is not at all representative of the hindu image of shiva. that’s just blatantly laziness in their research (if they did any at all), as it would NOT take but a moment of looking at hindu depictions that they are almost always shown with four arms. this is a megalithic statue of shiva at the shri murudeshwara temple in india:
in this episode, shiva is referred to as “the creator and the destroyer” and “the benefactor and the destroyer.” this is also just? completely incorrect? the three topmost hindu gods are brahma the creator, vishnu the preserver, and shiva the destroyer. the idea that the writers are trying to convey is that shiva is both good and evil. well, that’s just not right either. brahma creates mankind. vishnu protects mankind. shiva destroys mankind, but it is not an act of evil. shiva destroys mankind at the fated time, because the universe/mankind can only be regenerated if it comes to an end. shiva destroys so mankind can be born anew (reincarnation is central to hinduism, if you didn’t know). shiva does not destroy in malice, and he does not create. if you wanna read between the lines and twist it around all meta so the script actually DOES fit the correct info about shiva, fine, but that doesn’t take away from the fact that it’s written in a blatantly misinformed way. if it was meant to convey the correct narrative of shiva, they would have done it correctly instead of twisting it into nearly incomprehensible meta.
i tried not to come off as super angry in this post, because i’m sure people just don’t know. but i can’t help how irritated i feel. if it was ANY other major religion, people would be infuriated by it. if it was antisemitic or islamophobic, it would (rightly!) ruffle feathers. hinduism is the 3rd most practiced religion in the world and yet hinduphobia is never spoken about. the biggest reason i’m upset is because this religious defacement simply doesn’t garner any attention. i’ve never seen anyone on here talk about it, which is surprising because tumblr usually has “problematic” things pinned the second they’re released. our gods are not just fairytale characters with which you can play with; they are sacred religious figures.
anyone can rb but i am begging you not to go off with that “well no one REALLY knows what he looks like bc he’s not REAL” or “all religions are fake/cults/etc” jargon because i will go feral
we talk about the on-the-run hannibal lecter/amy dunne parallels but I think it’s high time we recognise the angry will graham/amy dunne and pretentious hannibal lecter/desi collings parallels
what if cbs clarice pulls a bryan fuller and is only pretending to be an ugly crime procedural and is actually gonna turn into a lesbian gothic romance between clarice and an older woman who eats people
Kaveh Akhbar, Forfeiting My Mystique // William Shakespeare, Macbeth // Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena // Hannibal (2013) // Barry (2018) // Alice Notley, In The Pines // Margaret Atwood // Graham Greene, The End of the Affair // Jen Mazza // Tara Bray, The Center Of A Prayer
Hannibal, 1.11 Rôti / Max Klinger, Going Under/Drowning (Untergang), 1884
“Klinger had an interest in the work of the philosopher Nietzsche and it is possible the work, ‘Drowning’ was inspired by Nietzsche’s writing on the ‘down going’, where people were encouraged to explore the dark recesses of their inner world and return to a shared reality, changed and stronger.” (x)
Diana Khoi Nguyen, from “An Empty House is a Debt”
#she herself is an empty house #diana khoi nguyen #an empty house is a debt #kept saying i was gonna retag all my blogs last weekend. i will eventually
clementine von radics, from “courtney love prays to oregon” / gregor schneider, haus ur /
natalia ginzburg, from the little virtues / I am the pretty thing that lives in the house (2016) /
mahmoud darwish, from “a river dies of thirst”
/ li-young lee, from “with ruins” / lost river (2014) / salma deera, from “when god talks to your father”
Ky Lewis, Deer Dying Light Death and Decay Series, deer carcass, silver gelatine paper
#abigail hobbs #art that reminds me of hannibal #rot is also what love is #lots to unpack in the name #deer dying light death? #she refers to it as 'dying light' in the artist's statement #photography#fave #deer dying light death and decay series #ky lewis
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